Forever and Always

Disclaimer, I do not own Doctor Who

"Rose?" said the Doctor, as he knocked on her bedroom door. "We've arrived. Are you up yet? Rose?"

He went inside her room and found her asleep with her head on her desk. He smiled, but that wasn't what surprised him. There was a mess of paper and pens and written in Rose's handwriting was a poem.

"Since when do you write poetry?" he murmured, as he picked it up and read the contents. What he read was quite unexpected.

Most stories begin with "Once upon a time"

Ours began when you took my hand

And told me just one word, "Run."

So, what else could a girl do?

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I took your hand in mine

And never thought otherwise

But I never dared to dream

Of what would soon be

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My world was forever changed

And I never thought it strange

And I just agreed to come

When our first adventure was done

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You showed me the worlds

Through space and time

It was perfectly fine

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And then when we were first apart,

I realized you'd taken my heart

And I hadn't known until I had you back

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I was blind about how I felt

Until I was no longer by your side

And then I could truly see and wish

That you and your hearts belonged to me

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My greatest secret will be locked away

For no longer than forever and a day,

But our story shall never ever end

Because I'll stay by your side

XXX

I know how long I'll stay

For forever and always

My perfect Doctor

My love, my heart's desire

The Doctor was shocked and his eyes kept reading the paper. Rose loved him? She loved him and apparently, she always had. But she'd kept silent because she didn't know if he returned her feelings. Oh, I'm such a brainless idiot, he thought. Why didn't I see it before?

Just then, Rose woke up and stretched, not noticing the Doctor until she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and saw him and the paper in his hands. "Where did you find that?" she said, sounding alarmed.

"It was on your desk," he said, as he handed it to her. "I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to snoop. I came into wake you and I just found it. I'm sorry."

"I know you wouldn't snoop through my things," she said, as she took the paper and buried it in her pocket. She sat on the edge of her bed and buried her face in her hands. "I just…I feel like an idiot now."

"Why would you feel like that?" he asked, as he sat beside her. She was silent as he rubbed her back. "Rose, talk to me."

She sighed. "Because why would you want a stupid ape like me?"

A stupid ape? Was that really what she thought of herself? Why on earth would she think that? As if she was reading his mind, she said, "Look at you, you're a Time Lord who knows everything and can travel through time and space and I'm just a shop girl with no A-levels."

"Oh, Rose," he murmured, as he hugged her. "You're not a stupid ape. So what if you don't have your A-levels? That doesn't mean anything! How many would willingly go on trips through time and space with a big-eared stranger without looking back? How many would go up against a Dalek without being afraid? How many would keep going out there and saving the world even though they could be safe on earth?"

"I never thought of it like that."

"Remember what I told Adam, 'I only take the best. I've got Rose.' I meant it the day I said it and I still do."

"Thanks," she said, smiling. "That really means a lot to me."

"Good," he said, as they stood up. "And Rose?"

"Yeah?"

"My hearts and I belonged to you the minute you took my hand. I was just afraid to tell you because I thought you wouldn't want me."

Rose looked at him in disbelief before shaking her head. "You're just as much an idiot as I am sometimes, you know that?"

Before he could respond to this, Rose was kissing him passionately on the lips and he was returning the kiss. When they broke apart for air, there was nothing but the love and devotion they shared in their faces.

"I love you," she said.

"I love you too. How long are you staying with me?"

"Forever and always."

The End.